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Title: Get a Grip on Yourself
Date(s): 1950
Contributor(s): National Safety Council (Sponsor), United States. Department of Labor (Sponsor), Sarra Studios (Chicago, Ill.) (Production company)
Description: Informational film presenting a four-point plan to help viewers manage their negative emotions and avoid workplace accidents. Includes both live action and illustrations. Episode four in the series "Personal Side of Safety."
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC206
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Jobs in the Baking Industry
Date(s): 1970
Contributor(s): Louis deRochemont Associates, Inc. (production company)
Description: Distributed by Sterling Educational Films, Inc.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC151
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: What Price Security?
Date(s): 1973
Contributor(s): Weiser Lock Company (Sponsor), Norris Industries (Sponsor)
Description: In a laboratory setting, standard, off-the-shelf door locks are tested against the new Weiser lock. The locks are mounted to a wooden board with the same thickness as a standard door. A researcher then attempts to break them as would an intruder. The Weiser lock performs the best.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC245
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Barrel Number One
Date(s): 1963
Description: Film demonstrating how crude oil is discovered, harvested, refined into gasoline, and delivered for use by American automobiles. Planned and supervised by Film Counselors, Inc. Director of Photography: Kenneth Peach. Assistant Director: Jack Gertsman. Screenplay by John Thiele and Francis P. Scannell. Art Director: Howard Campbell. Editorial Supervisor: Ben Marmon. Editor: Elmo Veron. Recorded by James F. Mobley. Narrator: Vincent J. Pelletier.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC318
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Capitalism and Communism: A comparison
Date(s): 1976
Contributor(s): BFA Educational Media (Production company), CBS Incorporated (Producer), Smith, Kent (Director), Hollander, Eli (Contributor)
Description: Short film comparing the capitalist and communist economic systems. Details the theory behind each system, why and how they've been implemented in various countries, and the benefits and drawbacks of both. Includes interviews with citizens of the United States and Yugoslavia. One of the actors is likely a young Bill Paxton.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC74
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Diesel-Electric D.C. Drive Destroyer Escorts, Part 2: Normal Operation
Date(s): 1943
Contributor(s): United States. Navy (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company)
Description: United States Navy training film for destroyer escort engine and motor room personnel during World War II. Educates the viewer on diesel–electric transmission systems and standard operating procedures for a ship's electric propulsion equipment. Produced under the supervision of the Bureau of Aeronautics for the Bureau of Ships.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC270
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection, Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Airplanes Work for Us
Date(s): 1961
Description: From the original Churchill-Wexler Film Productions can: "Exciting and occasionally hair-raising sequences dramatize some of the common and uncommon uses of aircraft. In addition to the carrying of passengers, mail, and freight, the film shows airplanes and helicopters used for fire patrol, rescue work, weather patrol, construction of power lines, and crop dusting. Dramatizes air to ground communication. Shows many auxiliary jobs other than the actual piloting of aircraft."
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC327
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Agricultural machines work print footage
Date(s): 1947
Description: Silent work print footage of an agricultural machinery fair. Shows attendees testing various tractors, ploughs, combines, tillers, and more. Also includes footage of a milking machine, a man testing soil, and a working farm.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC321
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Aircraft in Forest Fire Control
Date(s): 1963
Contributor(s): Canada. Department of Forestry (Sponsor)
Description: An in-depth look at how aircraft, and the people who fly them, help to prevent and fight fires in Canada's forests. Planes can assess fire risk from overhead, spot fires at early stages, drop fire-retardant chemicals in dry areas, transport firefighters and equipment into remote areas, and deliver water from nearby lakes. Produced in cooperation with the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests and the Forest Protection Service of Quebec, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC322
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: On the Critical Path
Date(s): 1971
Description: Film demonstrating some of the processes used in the manufacture of components for Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and other nuclear power stations of Canadian design. Producer: Dennis Sawyer. Writer: Ken McCready.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC323
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The Party
Date(s): 1976
Contributor(s): Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (Sponsor), Bryant Avenue Productions (Production company), Bass, Saul (Producer), Aller, Bob (Director)
Description: Promotional film celebrating Westinghouse's 90th anniversary. A fictional party is attended by various men and women from the past and present, all of whom either developed or used Westinghouse products. Several attendees discuss their relationships to Westinghouse with a reporter carrying a microphone. Specific inventions highlighted include the nuclear reactor in the U.S.S. Nautilus submarine, mobile temperature control systems for Thermo King, cameras used in the Apollo missions, nuclear...
Show morePromotional film celebrating Westinghouse's 90th anniversary. A fictional party is attended by various men and women from the past and present, all of whom either developed or used Westinghouse products. Several attendees discuss their relationships to Westinghouse with a reporter carrying a microphone. Specific inventions highlighted include the nuclear reactor in the U.S.S. Nautilus submarine, mobile temperature control systems for Thermo King, cameras used in the Apollo missions, nuclear power plants in France, and the Sears Tower elevators. At one point, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison argue about light bulbs. Westinghouse Chairman Robert E. Kirby makes a statement at the end. Produced by Saul Bass; directed by Bob Aller; written by Bill McCormack and Greg Dinallo; director of photography: Jules Brenner; edited by Bob Bass and Dennis Dolan; production executive: Dick Huppertz; executive producer: Herb Yager.
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Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC248
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: They Called It "Fireproof"
Date(s): 1963
Description: The fictional story of a deadly fire at rural Freeburg Hospital, intended to education viewers on the importance of implementing and following proper fire codes and standards.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC324
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The Life of Edward: Britain's Ex-King
Date(s): 1937
Contributor(s): Castle Films, inc. (Sponsor), Castle, Eugene W. (Editor)
Description: Short News Parade documentary recounting the life of Britain's King Edward VIII. Using newsreel footage, the film details young Edward's early royal education, romance with American Wallis Simpson, and eventual abdication to become the Duke of Windsor. Includes audio of the King's abdication speech. King George V, Queen Mary of Teck, King George VI, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt are also seen in the film.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC331
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Discovering Electronic Music
Date(s): 1977
Contributor(s): BFA Educational Media (Sponsor)
Description: A film that shows the physical basis of music and how it is created and altered by electronic means using synthesizers imitating musical instruments and computer-controlled music and composition created with a computer. Directed by Bernard Willets. Interviews with F.R. Moore from Bell Telephone Labs; Gerald Strang from UCLA; Copyright Bailey Film Associates.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC272
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Milestones of Motoring
Date(s): 1954
Contributor(s): Standard Oil Company (Ohio) (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Culley, Ray, 1904-1983 (Director), Siedel, Frank (Screenwriter), Brown, Joe E. (Joe Evan), 1892-1973 (Actor), Griffin, Merv, 1925-2007 (Actor), Guthrie, Warren A., 1911-1986 (Host), Farrell, Rita (Actor)
Description: Color version of Milestones of Motoring, a film celebrating the people and organizations in Ohio who helped to advance the motor vehicle industry during the early 20th century. Hosted by Warren Guthrie and featuring musical numbers performed by Rita Farrell, Merv Griffin, and Joe E. Brown. Supervised by Stuart Buchanan.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC336
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection, Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Phone Man
Date(s): 1971
Description: Film paying homage to the American "phone man," the linemen, technicians, operators, and other telephone utility employees who keep the phones ringing in the United States. Directed by Michael Ahnemann. Written by Michael Ahnemann and Gaby Monet. Cinematography by Steven Burum, Michael Murphy, and Robert Bailin. Music by the New York Rock Ensemble. Edited by Burt Rashby and James Bryan. Assistant Director: Sarah Sappington Kuhn. Executive Producer: Gaby Monet.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC326
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: From Start to Finish
Date(s): 1948
Description: A training film sponsored by the DuPont Finishes Division instructing viewers on proper automobile refinishing techniques. The film also serves as a promotion for DuPont's Duco nitrocellulose lacquer paint. Presented in two parts. Part 1: Surface Preparation. Part 2: Color Coats.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC333
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The New Yorker Special
Date(s): 1985
Contributor(s): National Endowment for the Humanities (Sponsor), New York State Council on the Arts (Sponsor), D'Aquisto, James (Narrator), Hall, Jim, 1930-2013 (Instrumentalist)
Description: Film celebrating the art of guitar making, featuring New York jazz musician and luthier James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto. Shows footage of D'Aquisto building a guitar as he speaks about his personal journey to becoming an instrument manufacturer, including his time as an apprentice to legendary guitar maker John D'Angelico. D'Aquisto also details about how he builds his instruments and explains the structure of an acoustic guitar. Film ends with jazz musician Jim Hall performing with one of D'Aquisto...
Show moreFilm celebrating the art of guitar making, featuring New York jazz musician and luthier James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto. Shows footage of D'Aquisto building a guitar as he speaks about his personal journey to becoming an instrument manufacturer, including his time as an apprentice to legendary guitar maker John D'Angelico. D'Aquisto also details about how he builds his instruments and explains the structure of an acoustic guitar. Film ends with jazz musician Jim Hall performing with one of D'Aquisto's guitars.
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Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC319
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Born to Learn
Date(s): 1974
Contributor(s): Bell & Howell Co. (Sponsor)
Description: Promotional film for the Bell & Howell Language Master System, an educational tool to help students learn new vocabulary and proper word pronunciation. The "system" is comprised of a series of cards with a magnetic strip at the bottom and a written word or picture at the top. When a student inserts a card into a Bell & Howell machine reader, the reader recites the word for the student.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC312
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Let's Remodel Using Red Cedar
Date(s): 1955
Description: The fictional Martin family decide to remodel and modernize their aging home. They choose red cedar wood as the primary siding material for the project.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC320
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

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